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Community member Publish Not your original work? Add source The chances of running into someone that you know or someone that you have mutual friends or acquaintances with on another side of the world were probably once much scarcer than they are now. In fact, running into someone at a famous landmark in a faraway country is quite possible. Or finding mutual connections while being away from your base with strangers that you haven't met before is also more than likely to happen. Six degrees of separation is real, and so are the stories that Twitter users shared in response to Michael Redmond's post about being asked by a random taxi driver if he knows Sean Corcoran, after hearing his Dublin accent. And well, he knew him. Michael Redmond, who goes by @redmondmichael1 on Twitter, is known for his role in the now probably classic Irish TV series Father Ted, where he portrayed Father Stone. His post has received over 367k likes and more than 1.8k comments at the time of writing. 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View more comments #10 stephenoldham Report Final score: 114points POST LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I took a tour of Chichen Itza, small random group of perhaps ten folks. Mostly other people from the States, couple of Europeans. At one point we went around the circle and said where we were all from. One lady said my state, so I asked her what area. My area. What town? My town. She lives behind my library and I see her at the grocery store sometimes! 10 10points reply View more comments #11 megbenitez Report Final score: 107points POST Lawless Lawless Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I wonder how that conversation went 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 BritishPodcast Report Final score: 106points POST Billy The Kid Billy The Kid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago LOL. 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For context: There are approximately 26,700 high schools in the US! 18 18points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 HakusanLad Report Final score: 89points POST Natalia A Natalia A Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Happens a lot in Cyprus! You're bound to have someone in common! 3 3points reply #17 BevCool Report Final score: 86points POST Anna Repp Anna Repp Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Stories like this make me sad. I have prosopagnosia and have a hard time even recognizing my family and close friends. I will never recognize someone I've met once, even if they changed into shorts from jeans in front of me :) 24 24points reply View More Replies... 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The owner was Iranian, like myself. His uncle came to visit from Sweden and immediately we knew we had seen eachother before. Turned out he was the former owner of the stationery store I used to buy my school supplies from, in Tehran. 5 5points reply View more comments #23 davidlharrison Report Final score: 57points POST Queen Mab Queen Mab Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of us never get the chance to cut somebody after years have gone by even though we dream of it. 6 6points reply View more comments #24 LinguaCelta Report Final score: 51points POST Seán Baron Seán Baron Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Would that have been the Christmas episode with Katherine Jenkins I wonder? 4 4points reply View More Replies... 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Of course i had to say well, at least my Uncle Bill could take comfort in that he lost her to a better Man. 7 7points reply View more comments #28 ormelling1 Report Final score: 44points POST Mildred Thompson Mildred Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago LOL! 1 1point reply #29 danvilledekkers Report Final score: 36points POST Mickie Shea Mickie Shea Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A good walk facilitates another's memory. Priceless 2 2points reply #30 danvilledekkers Report Final score: 36points POST Bob Stuart Bob Stuart Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the West Indes, someone said "Oh, you are from Canada! Do you know" and we all immediately thought "What kind of island does he think Canada is?" Then, he said the name, and dad replied "Yes." 4 4points reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 34 images. 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I thought he was just a sleazy type until he said, "You don't recognize me do you? I'm Peter from next door to your parent's old house." I hadn't seen him for ten years but he remembered me. 11 11points reply Janna Janna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Moved to the UK 12 years ago from the Netherlands.Took my 3 year old to a random playground in the next village from ours, to have change of scene. Heard a dad speak Dutch to his kid and struck up a conversation. Turns out we both read the same subject at the same university in the Netherlands, one year apart. We were members of the same student society. His gf at the time lived in the same student flat as I did and he used to hang out is the same local bar. We did not recognise each other at all, but must have crossed paths at some point. Also, he lived in another village and had stopped because his kid spotted the playground and wanted to explore. 10 10points reply Fidgets McGee Fidgets McGee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's wack dude...the coincidence of the random park choice is pretty trippy... 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Tiny Dog Tiny Dog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My husband and I were tracing his family tree and discovered my dad's family lived 4 miles from his mom's family in the early 1900's. Upon further research, we found out his great-great-grandfather was the doctor who delivered my Gram. 9 9points reply Load More Comments POST Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Checking into a hotel in Belgrade years ago the desk clerk was acting very familiar. I thought he was just a sleazy type until he said, "You don't recognize me do you? 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50Kviews Irmante SungailaiteCommunity member Publish Not your original work? Add source The chances of running into someone that you know or someone that you have mutual friends or acquaintances with on another side of the world were probably once much scarcer than they are now. In fact, running into someone at a famous landmark in a faraway country is quite possible. Or finding mutual connections while being away from your base with strangers that you haven't met before is also more than likely to happen. Six degrees of separation is real, and so are the stories that Twitter users shared in response to Michael Redmond's post about being asked by a random taxi driver if he knows Sean Corcoran, after hearing his Dublin accent. And well, he knew him. Michael Redmond, who goes by @redmondmichael1 on Twitter, is known for his role in the now probably classic Irish TV series Father Ted, where he portrayed Father Stone. His post has received over 367k likes and more than 1.8k comments at the time of writing. We have handpicked the most serendipitous stories that prove how small the world actually is, so vote for your favorite ones. More info: Twitter This post may include affiliate links. #1 iblamewizards Report Final score: 198points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago WOW....this has got to be higher. 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 gerardMcMenamin Report Final score: 188points POST Billy The Kid Billy The Kid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I bet you two had a right good chat. 34 34points reply View more comments #3 Fuddswift Report Final score: 174points POST Billy The Kid Billy The Kid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago WOW! Of all the places in the world.... 24 24points reply #4 DavidAIHart Report Final score: 167points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh wow 14 14points reply View more comments #5 Cathy_TwoHalves Report Final score: 161points POST Billy The Kid Billy The Kid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You certainly made her break! 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 lizwatson67 Report Final score: 158points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lol you thought they were just being daft didn't you...but little did you know...Lol 20 20points reply #7 Kerrin_McCadden Report Final score: 151points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh wow, that's great! 16 16points reply View more comments #8 KatrinaMary9 Report Final score: 134points POST Maria Schneider Maria Schneider Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago wonderful opportunity to compare 22 22points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 DownsBeeHee Report Final score: 131points POST SykesDaMan SykesDaMan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe they look alike and the barman saw it? 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 stephenoldham Report Final score: 114points POST LadyGrimm LadyGrimm Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I took a tour of Chichen Itza, small random group of perhaps ten folks. Mostly other people from the States, couple of Europeans. At one point we went around the circle and said where we were all from. One lady said my state, so I asked her what area. My area. What town? My town. She lives behind my library and I see her at the grocery store sometimes! 10 10points reply View more comments #11 megbenitez Report Final score: 107points POST Lawless Lawless Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I wonder how that conversation went 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 BritishPodcast Report Final score: 106points POST Billy The Kid Billy The Kid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago LOL. How many Joneses are there in wales? 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 sheilaflynn Report Final score: 103points POST Cactus McCoy Cactus McCoy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago OP's face must have been priceless. 16 16points reply View more comments #14 Richardledwidge Report Final score: 100points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lol this must have been a really fun interaction. 8 8points reply View more comments #15 nwScotty Report Final score: 92points POST Denise B. Denise B. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Years ago in a very out of the way B&B in Scotland, my husband, a high school teacher, was sitting at breakfast with the host family (I was back in the room). He tells me later that the teenage daughter had a pen-pal in America. Oh? Where? At the very same California high school he had taught in! For context: There are approximately 26,700 high schools in the US! 18 18points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 HakusanLad Report Final score: 89points POST Natalia A Natalia A Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Happens a lot in Cyprus! You're bound to have someone in common! 3 3points reply #17 BevCool Report Final score: 86points POST Anna Repp Anna Repp Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Stories like this make me sad. I have prosopagnosia and have a hard time even recognizing my family and close friends. I will never recognize someone I've met once, even if they changed into shorts from jeans in front of me :) 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 SamStev46866209 Report Final score: 74points POST Mildred Thompson Mildred Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Like! 6 6points reply View more comments #19 Age_of_Greed Report Final score: 66points POST That One Weirdo That One Weirdo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hehehehehe 1 1point reply #20 ArranPaulPotts Report Final score: 63points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago So, the elasticity of his veracity is ... uh ... flexible? 10 10points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 jhietaniemi Report Final score: 60points POST Mildred Thompson Mildred Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago WOW! 6 6points reply View more comments #22 DanJGrey Report Final score: 59points POST Pantea Pantea Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I worked at a restaurant in a small village somewhere in Germany, as a waiteress. The owner was Iranian, like myself. His uncle came to visit from Sweden and immediately we knew we had seen eachother before. Turned out he was the former owner of the stationery store I used to buy my school supplies from, in Tehran. 5 5points reply View more comments #23 davidlharrison Report Final score: 57points POST Queen Mab Queen Mab Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Most of us never get the chance to cut somebody after years have gone by even though we dream of it. 6 6points reply View more comments #24 LinguaCelta Report Final score: 51points POST Seán Baron Seán Baron Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Would that have been the Christmas episode with Katherine Jenkins I wonder? 4 4points reply View More Replies... 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Of course i had to say well, at least my Uncle Bill could take comfort in that he lost her to a better Man. 7 7points reply View more comments #28 ormelling1 Report Final score: 44points POST Mildred Thompson Mildred Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago LOL! 1 1point reply #29 danvilledekkers Report Final score: 36points POST Mickie Shea Mickie Shea Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A good walk facilitates another's memory. Priceless 2 2points reply #30 danvilledekkers Report Final score: 36points POST Bob Stuart Bob Stuart Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the West Indes, someone said "Oh, you are from Canada! Do you know" and we all immediately thought "What kind of island does he think Canada is?" Then, he said the name, and dad replied "Yes." 4 4points reply View more comments Note: this post originally had 34 images. 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I thought he was just a sleazy type until he said, "You don't recognize me do you? I'm Peter from next door to your parent's old house." I hadn't seen him for ten years but he remembered me. 11 11points reply Janna Janna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Moved to the UK 12 years ago from the Netherlands.Took my 3 year old to a random playground in the next village from ours, to have change of scene. Heard a dad speak Dutch to his kid and struck up a conversation. Turns out we both read the same subject at the same university in the Netherlands, one year apart. We were members of the same student society. His gf at the time lived in the same student flat as I did and he used to hang out is the same local bar. We did not recognise each other at all, but must have crossed paths at some point. Also, he lived in another village and had stopped because his kid spotted the playground and wanted to explore. 10 10points reply Fidgets McGee Fidgets McGee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's wack dude...the coincidence of the random park choice is pretty trippy... 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Tiny Dog Tiny Dog Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago My husband and I were tracing his family tree and discovered my dad's family lived 4 miles from his mom's family in the early 1900's. Upon further research, we found out his great-great-grandfather was the doctor who delivered my Gram. 9 9points reply Load More Comments POST Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Checking into a hotel in Belgrade years ago the desk clerk was acting very familiar. I thought he was just a sleazy type until he said, "You don't recognize me do you? I'm Peter from next door to your parent's old house." I hadn't seen him for ten years but he remembered me. 11 11points reply Janna Janna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Moved to the UK 12 years ago from the Netherlands.Took my 3 year old to a random playground in the next village from ours, to have change of scene. Heard a dad speak Dutch to his kid and struck up a conversation. Turns out we both read the same subject at the same university in the Netherlands, one year apart. We were members of the same student society. His gf at the time lived in the same student flat as I did and he used to hang out is the same local bar. We did not recognise each other at all, but must have crossed paths at some point. 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